10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLINKER-BUILT»
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Creating Shapes in Civil and Naval Architecture: A ...
Among the large number of finds of boats and ships from Northern Europe, dating
to the 3rd to 13th centuries, one group stands out as a class of its own: the double
-ended, clinker-built vessels with overlapped plank strakes fastened to a ...
Horst Nowacki, Wolfgang Lefèvre, 2009
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Small-Boat Sailing: An explanation of the management of ...
CLINKER AND CARVEL BUILT BOATS Small boats are generally clinker-built. In
a clinker-built boat the planks overlap each other, whereas a carvel-built boat
presents a smooth surface. The clinker-built boat has very light framework to ...
3
History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Methods
1).1 VIKING SHIPS Ship designs of the north European waters in the "Dark Ages"
were a radical departure from those seen in the Mediterranean. The Nydam boat
was an early step in this separate tradition called the "clinker-built ship.
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Float Your Boat!: The Evolution and Science of Sailing
The strength of clinker-built boats lay in the outer shell of planking. The internal
framing timber was added after the outer shell (bent into shape by steaming) had
been built. This contrast between carvel and clinker vessels echoes the ...
5
Water Transport Origns & Early Evolution
In the English clinker-built luggers and their near relatives in Scandinavia, the
essentials of old Viking boatbuilding methods still persist. The design of modern
clinker-built boats constitutes the last phase in a series that was already in ...
6
'Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen': Medieval Maritime Law and ...
This was made up of a heavily framed bottom of flush-laid planks with clinker-
built sides; it was called the cog. This ship soon came to dominate shipping in the
North Sea and Baltic region, though clinker-built ships continued to be built ...
7
Sailing into the Past: Learning from Replica Ships
The method provides a wooden hull with greater strength than that of the clinker-
built cog, and is one ofthe reasons why the cog was superseded by the caravel in
the second half of the fifteenth century. The carvel building method has been ...
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The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology
In 1999, the NMF Ship software program was developed in order to improve
reconstruction and analysis of clinker-built historic ships. Naval engineer Kenn
Jensen developed the program at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the
National ...
Alexis Catsambis, Ben Ford, Donny L. Hamilton, 2011
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Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An ...
A Celtic variant or perhaps forerunner of the complete clinker-built boat was one
with some planks, those on the bottom abutting one another, but with overlapping
strakes on the sides. There were, broadly speaking, four different categories of ...
John Block Friedman, Kristen Mossler Figg, 2013
10
Archaeology and the Social History of Ships
Clinker-built cargo vessels based on earlier Viking techniques continued to be
built in the Baltic region after the Viking period and are represented by several
archaeological finds, so it would not be surprising if elements of Viking
shipbuilding ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLINKER-BUILT»
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clinker-built is used in the context of the following news items.
Wooden Boat Building In Fermanagh: Keeping The History Alive
Photos, anecdotes and artefacts of the era of clinker-built boats and cots before the advent of fibreglass will be on display at the library each ... «Afloat, Jun 15»
PICTURES - WMN's Top 10 Westcountry beaches
Think: excellent tea-shops located in wooden beach huts, clinker-built motorboats you can hire, fishermen hauling their crab boats up on ... «Western Morning News, Jun 15»
Veteran Aberdeenshire boatbuilder's vessel embarks on maiden …
Clinker-built boats were once among the most commonly used by skippers along the north-east coast. Gourdon-born carpenter Mr Ritchie, 75, ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, May 15»
Is this the world's most stylish cruise ship?
The wood bar emulates the clinker-built prows of the original Viking boats, while Nordic-print throws and cosy fire pits complete a look that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Vikings Were Great Cooks Long Before The Rest of Us
The Norsemen would sail out in clinker-built longships to seek fortune. It seems, originally, the desire for travel and exploration was motivated ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, May 15»
RIVERFEST RETURNS TO NEWPORT FOR EIGHTH TIME
... making an appearance again this year and visitors will also be able to see the King Rag – a 17' Clinker-built Fishing Dinghy built at Moorman ... «Island Echo, May 15»
The Orient's Fall - by Gregory Noonan, age 17
HMS The Orient was a large Nao warship. It was clinker-built with thick overlapping planks of wood, slathered in dark pitch, to keep it watertight. «Irish Times, Apr 15»
Veteran north-east boat builders construct last of its kind vessel
Clinker-built boats were once commonly used by north-east fisherman, and Mr Ritchie and Mr McBay learned the craft as apprentice ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Apr 15»
Ireland's Invisible Boat Builders
There are two Gods in the pantheon of Ireland's invisible boat-builders. One is Jimmy Furey, who creates exquisite classic clinker-built beauties ... «Afloat, Apr 15»
National 18s Take Dinghy Racing Class Onto A New Plane
Back in 1938, Yachting World magazine had sponsored a design to the class's rules by Uffa Fox, and that became the clinker-built Uffa Ace, ... «Afloat, Mar 15»
